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Battle of Miyako Bay
Part of the Boshin War

The ironclad Kōtetsu
Date6 May 1869
Location
Miyako Bay, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
39°40′N 142°00′E / 39.66°N 142.00°E / 39.66; 142.00
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Battle of Miyako Bay Empire of Japan Battle of Miyako Bay Ezo Republic
Commanders and leaders
Battle of Miyako Bay Masuda Toranosuke
Battle of Miyako Bay Shirō Nakajima
Battle of Miyako Bay Arai Ikunosuke
Battle of Miyako Bay Eugène Collache
Battle of Miyako Bay Kōga Gengo 
Strength
1 steam ironclad
7 steam warships
2,500 sailors & officers
3 steam warships
500 samurai
Casualties and losses
4 killed
3 steam warships damaged
15 killed
1 steam warship scuttled
Battle of Miyako Bay is located in Japan
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Location within Japan
Battle of Miyako Bay is located in Iwate Prefecture
Battle of Miyako Bay
Battle of Miyako Bay (Iwate Prefecture)

The Battle of Miyako Bay (宮古湾海戦, Miyako-wan Kaisen) was a naval action on 6 May 1869, in which samurai loyalists of the former Tokugawa shogunate under the flag of the newly formed Republic of Ezo failed to take over the Kōtetsu, the flagship of the Imperial forces of the new Meiji government. It was part of the overall Battle of Hakodate at the end of the Boshin War.

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